Channeling hate into wads, here we go with MAP15 (one of *my most unique maps up to date) which is still in progress, one building at a time:

I would import custom textures to mark out the buildings (Give them company names, that sort of cheesy crap) but I have no idea on how to get them working (last time I crashed PrBoom with them) so I am instead trying to make each structure unique in it's own way, be it layout, textures or overall theme (I.E the green one is a piping station, the black one is an archive and the large brown brick one blew up).

The music used is "We Die Young" by Alice In Chains (The MIDI version was meant to be part of Ultimate Doom's soundtrack, it was cut for reasons unknown but it was probably copyright. Either way it is being used in this map).

If shit hits up big time, this will be the final release of the megawad. If I do finish it or call it quits later down the line, I will send the new version to /idgames and ask Ty if he can replace the beta with it.

List of music used in the beta (In order):

Title: Grabbag from Duke Nukem 3D (so overused lol)

Intermission: Intermission from Doom (I think it was a better intermission track than Doom 2's)

1: Death's Bells from TNT (Chosen to relate to the homages found within the map to TNT)

I recently cannot find the time to map that much, but any spare time I have is being devoted to MAP31 (WIP shot) which is attempting to capture that 90's feel to it. This means non-linear with constant theme changes and big rooms (but i am applying my own style to these areas) this is not even half of the map done yet.

Here are some in-game screenshots showing off some of what I have done so far with this map:

"90's Nightmare" was my attempt at creating a wad that was meant to be the all good 90's clusterfunk that I love playing with my own little mapping quirks and shit.

It is divided into 2 sections (and some other little places), these sections are different from one another in terms of style and even gameplay:

Section Blue (marked by the blue torch in the void) is a non-linear 90's styled area where I attempted to incorporate the good old 90's wad feel.

Section Green (green torch) is a Wolfenstein based area based on the generic MAP31 replacement map tripe. The gameplay is not exactly great and more horde styled than section blue.

Section Red (red torch) is just a small little hell area, nothing notable and really just there for both the red key and an easy SSG grab for you.

Incorporated in the map is both the option of choice (choose which section to take out first, grab the keys and find one of the two exit rooms) and a crappy little secret exit puzzle thing, you will see if you play it.

(responding to old reply I did not see first time)

Katamori said:I must say, finally you could evolve from a beginner into a good mapper.

Thanks man :)

I gotta owe it to the many people who gave me advice and help on what/how to map as well as those who even took a slight interest in my newbie maps.

This update adds multiplayer starts (Co-op and DM), it adds DM differences (DM only weapons and sectioned off DM maps), many bug fixes and 1 or 2 new textures built from the in game patches (more will be used once I get better at patch editing).

There is some major changes going on with this megawad, here are a few notable ones:

- Pistol is now a 100% accurate rifle, no chaingun tapping needed.

- Enemy changes altering difficulty in many ways (Revenant missiles do less damage, demons are faster but have less health, lost souls can be shotgunned once to kill them, arachnotrons are generally more effective...)

- Maps will soon be receiving extensions, improvements and general changes.

- Demos need to be replaced, they bug out due to recent changes.

- Incorporating new textures, I am going to utilize the alpha textures.

But that is not very important, what I need right now is input from others, I have 16 maps (15 normal, 1 secret) in a playable state but I have absolutely how awful they actually are and how I can improve on them.

Well, before everything other, you should have embedded the .bex right into your wad, for a comfortable usage. Just put it in using SLADE3 and name it "DEHACKED".

EDIT: To comment on the .bex changes themselves: I don't like how the rifle's muzzle flash displays for so long, it looks a little odd; also I think the weapon should fire faster (but that's a different thing). Most of the other changes are just random and pointless and for no real good reason other than to showcase your DEHACKED skills. Random small changes like that might confuse and annoy players who are very used to the default behaviour. Change to pinky demon and lost soul are the only good ones, IMO. Maybe the revenant's missile damage too, though that one is just slight. But for example the ammo capacity change shouldn't be there, it randomly spoils player's accustomization to the default one. Changes to baron's fireball or an arachnotron or even the soulsphere/armor behaviour or RL damage are too tiny (altering arachnotron's initial reaction time doesn't do anything at all, by the way) and you could better remove them.

mrthejoshmon said:Alright, I should keep most of the mechanics the same but I should also speed up the rifle, I could also possibly include different enemy behavior all together (?).

In my experience, whenever I change a default behaviour of something, I make sure to change its appearance too, to inform the player right away that something is going to be different this time. I find it suitable to use custom sprites (at the very least, recolors) for monsters with new behaviour. And usually also weapons.